Languages in North Carolina (State)
Language Spoken At Home#1
Percentage of the total population living in households in which a given language is spoken at home.
Scope: population of the United States and North Carolina
North Carolina
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Speaking English 'Very Well'#2
Percentage of people living in households in which a given language is spoken at home.
Scope: population of the United States and North Carolina
| Less Than 'Very Well' | 'Very Well' | |
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Language by State in the United States
There are 50 states in the United States. This section compares North Carolina to all of the states in the United States and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with North Carolina.Spanish Spoken at Home by State#3
Percentage of the total population living in households in which Spanish is spoken.
Scope: population of North Carolina, selected other states in the United States, and entities that contain North Carolina
Language by State in the South
There are 17 states in the South. This section compares North Carolina to all of the states in the South and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with North Carolina.Spanish Spoken at Home by State#19
Percentage of the total population living in households in which Spanish is spoken.
Scope: population of North Carolina, selected other states in the South, and entities that contain North Carolina
Definitions
This page discusses the languages spoken at home by the residents of North Carolina, and the extent to which the report speaking English. All data are based on survey responses and were not verified in any other way. A full list of the languages recognized in the survey is as follows:
- Armenian, Austronesian (including Ilocano, Samoan, Hawaiian), Arabic, Afro-Asiatic (including Amharic, Somali), Bengali, Chinese (including Mandarin, Cantonese), Dutch et al. (including Dutch, Afrikaans, Yiddish, Pennsylvania Dutch), Dravidian languages (including Malayalam, Kannada), French (including Cajun), German, Greek, Gujarati, Haitian, Hindi, Hmong, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Khmer, Nepali, Marathi, or other Indic languages, Navajo, Other Slavic (including Ukrainian), Other Indo-European languages, Other Asian, Other Native American, Other, Portuguese, Polish, Persian (including Farsi, Dari), Punjabi, Russian, Spanish, Serbo-Croatian, Swahili et al. (or other languages of Central, Eastern, and Southern Africa), Telugu, Tamil, Tai-Kadai (including Thai, Lao), Tagalog (including Filipino), Urdu, Vietnamese, and Western African
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Major Counties:
Buncombe, Cabarrus, Cumberland, Durham, Forsyth, Gaston, Guilford, Iredell, Johnston, Mecklenburg, New Hanover, Onslow, Pitt, Union, Wake
Counties:
Alamance, Alexander, Alleghany, Anson, Ashe, Avery, Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Camden, Carteret, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cherokee, Chowan, Clay, Cleveland, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Davidson, Davie, Duplin, Durham, Edgecombe, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Gates, Graham, Granville, Greene, Guilford, Halifax, Harnett, Haywood, Henderson, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Iredell, Jackson, Johnston, Jones, Lee, Lenoir, Lincoln, Macon, Madison, Martin, McDowell, Mecklenburg, Mitchell, Montgomery, Moore, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Orange, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Person, Pitt, Polk, Randolph, Richmond, Robeson, Rockingham, Rowan, Rutherford, Sampson, Scotland, Stanly, Stokes, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Tyrrell, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, Washington, Watauga, Wayne, Wilkes, Wilson, Yadkin, Yancey
Metro Areas:
Albemarle Area, Asheville Area, Boone Area, Brevard Area, Burlington Area, Charlotte Area, Cullowhee Area, Dunn Area, Durham Area, Elizabeth City Area, Fayetteville Area, Forest City Area, Goldsboro Area, Greensboro Area, Greenville Area, Henderson Area, Hickory Area, Jacksonville Area, Kill Devil Hills Area, Kinston Area, Laurinburg Area, Lumberton Area, Marion Area, Morehead City Area, Mount Airy Area, Myrtle Beach Area, New Bern Area, North Wilkesboro Area, Oxford Area, Pinehurst Area, Raleigh Area, Roanoke Rapids Area, Rockingham Area, Rocky Mount Area, Sanford Area, Shelby Area, Virginia Beach Area, Washington Area, Wilmington Area, Wilson Area, Winston Area
Major Cities:
Asheboro, Asheville, Burlington, Charlotte, Concord, Durham, Fayetteville, Gastonia, Goldsboro, Greensboro, Greenville, Havelock, Hickory, High Point, Jacksonville, Kannapolis, Kinston, Lexington, Lumberton, Monroe, New Bern, Raleigh, Rocky Mount, Salisbury, Sanford, Shelby, Statesville, Thomasville, Wilmington, Wilson, Winston-Salem
Major Towns:
Congressional Districts:
State House Districts:
NC-1, NC-2, NC-3, NC-4, NC-5, NC-6, NC-7, NC-8, NC-9, NC-10, NC-11, NC-12, NC-13, NC-14, NC-15, NC-16, NC-17, NC-18, NC-19, NC-20, NC-21, NC-22, NC-23, NC-24, NC-25, NC-26, NC-27, NC-28, NC-29, NC-30, NC-31, NC-32, NC-33, NC-34, NC-35, NC-36, NC-37, NC-38, NC-39, NC-40, NC-41, NC-42, NC-43, NC-44, NC-45, NC-46, NC-47, NC-48, NC-49, NC-50, NC-51, NC-52, NC-53, NC-54, NC-55, NC-56, NC-57, NC-58, NC-59, NC-60, NC-61, NC-62, NC-63, NC-64, NC-65, NC-66, NC-67, NC-68, NC-69, NC-70, NC-71, NC-72, NC-73, NC-74, NC-75, NC-76, NC-77, NC-78, NC-79, NC-80, NC-81, NC-82, NC-83, NC-84, NC-85, NC-86, NC-87, NC-88, NC-89, NC-90, NC-91, NC-92, NC-93, NC-94, NC-95, NC-96, NC-97, NC-98, NC-99, NC-100, NC-101, NC-102, NC-103, NC-104, NC-105, NC-106, NC-107, NC-108, NC-109, NC-110, NC-111, NC-112, NC-113, NC-114, NC-115, NC-116, NC-117, NC-118, NC-119, NC-120
State Senate Districts:
NC-1, NC-2, NC-3, NC-4, NC-5, NC-6, NC-7, NC-8, NC-9, NC-10, NC-11, NC-12, NC-13, NC-14, NC-15, NC-16, NC-17, NC-18, NC-19, NC-20, NC-21, NC-22, NC-23, NC-24, NC-25, NC-26, NC-27, NC-28, NC-29, NC-30, NC-31, NC-32, NC-33, NC-34, NC-35, NC-36, NC-37, NC-38, NC-39, NC-40, NC-41, NC-42, NC-43, NC-44, NC-45, NC-46, NC-47, NC-48, NC-49, NC-50